Prison Service

Miss Widdecombe:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Prison Service establishments are over their certified normal accommodation levels; and if he will make a statement. [157170]

Mr. Boateng:
At the end of February 2001, there were 53 establishments in which the population exceeded in use certified normal accommodation. The prisons concerned are listed in the table.

Prison name

In use CNA

Population

Altcourse

614

799

Aylesbury

348

353

Bedford

352

368

Belmarsh

843

850

Birmingham

710

925

Blakenhurst

647

846

Bristol

314

545

Brixton

651

755

Buckley Hall

350

360

Bullingdon

767

836

Canterbury

196

254

Cardiff

403

544

Cookham Wood

120

147

Doncaster

771

1,091

Dorchester

172

219

Downview

322

330

Durham

670

703

Eastwood Park

295

302

Elmley

763

864

Everthorpe

438

456

Exeter

315

385

Glen Parva

664

712

Gloucester

236

277

Guys Marsh

487

509

High Down

649

702

Holloway

477

488

Leeds

770

1,236

Leicester

219

358

Lincoln

360

491

Littlehey

624

626

Liverpool

1,216

1,228

Low Newton

215

234

Manchester

953

1,076

Moorland

740

764

Mount

705

732

New Hall

327

365

Northallerton

135

197

Norwich

561

669

Parc

844

929

Pentonville

897

1,098

Preston

301

556

Ranby

725

741

Shepton Mallet

99

110

Shrewsbury

185

319

Stocken

556

573

Styal

412

428

Usk

251

321

Verne

552

562

Wandsworth

1,128

1,302

Wayland

620

625

Winchester

455

564

Wolds

360

378

Wormwood Scrubs

812

856

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Elections Bill

Sir George Young:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department since when Parliamentary draftsmen have been working on the Elections Bill. [157146]

Mr. Straw:
Instructions were issued by officials on Sunday 1 April.

Welsh Assembly (Concordat)

Mr. McCabe:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish the bilateral concordat between his Department and the National Assembly for Wales. [157795]

Mr. Straw:
A bilateral concordat has been agreed between the Home Office and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales and a copy has been placed in the Library. The concordat sets out working arrangements for consultation, exchange of information, finance, access to services, resolution of disputes and review of relations between the two organisations.